With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
OTTO VON BISMARCKA generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.
More Otto von Bismarck Quotes
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A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.
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Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.
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We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
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No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
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I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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Hounds follow those who feed them.
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I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
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There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.
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History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
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The nation that has the schools has the future.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.
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